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Free Dirt
Studio album by Died Pretty
Released	August 1986
Recorded	November 1985
Studio	Trafalgar Studios, Sydney
Genre	Alternative rock, Aussie rock
Length	47:48
Label	Citadel, What Goes On
Producer	Rob Younger
Died Pretty chronology
Free Dirt (1986) Pre-Deity (1988)
Singles from Free Dirt
"Stoneage Cinderella" Released: 1986 "Blue Sky Day" Released: 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Free Dirt is the first full-length album by Australian alternative rock band Died Pretty, released in 1986. The album was repackaged in 2008 by Aztec Music with a second CD containing seven singles and six live recordings from 1986.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "The highly recommended album — which contains glimmers of the ’60s, Dylan, Gram Parsons, folk-rock and neo-psychedelic — uses guest contributions of mandolin, violin, pedal steel and sax to magnify the band’s own essential variety."

Track listing

All songs written by Brett Myers and Ron Peno, except where noted.

1. "Blue Sky Day" – 3:29
2. "Round and Round" – 2:41
3. "Wig-Out" – 3:06
4. "Laughing Boy" – 3:34
5. "Through Another Door" (Myers) – 3:17
6. "Life to Go (Landsakes)" – 5:31
7. "Just Skin" (Myers) – 6:37
8. "The 2000 Year Old Murder" – 4:31
9. "Next to Nothing" – 6:47
10. "Stoneage Cinderella" (Atkinson, Myers, Peno) – 3:19

1992 re-release bonus track

11. "Yesterday's Letters" (Myers) – 4:56

Personnel

• Frank Brunetti – keyboards
• Tim Fagan – saxophone
• Graham Lee – pedal steel
• Mark Lock – bass
• Brett Myers – guitar, vocals
• John Papanis – mandolin
• Ron S. Peno – vocals
• Louis Tillett – piano
• Julian Watchhorn – violin
• Chris Welsh – percussion, drums

References

1. ^ "Died Pretty".
2. Raggett, Ned. "Free Dirt – Died Pretty". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
3. Thompson, Dave (30 June 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
4. Buckley, Peter (30 June 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
5. "Free Dirt " AllMusic profile

External links

• DiedPretty.com

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